diff --git a/services/monitoring/tempo.nix b/services/monitoring/tempo.nix
index ef0c4ae..1ca9856 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/tempo.nix
+++ b/services/monitoring/tempo.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
           };
         };
       };
+      storage = {
+        trace = {
+          backend = "local";
+          local = {
+            path = "/var/lib/tempo";
+          };
+        };
+      };
     };
   };
 }